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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4541338, member: 110226"]As Monty Python said often, "And now for something completely different...."</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two more off-beat tetradrachms, one which many of you have seen before, but has been "worked on" (toothpicks and cotton swaps) and re-photographed with, I believe, better results, although there is still considerable room for improvement. The second coin is a fairly recent acquisition from Forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin is turning out to be an almost eternal work in progress. At some point soon I'll call working on this coin quits, and stipulate in my living trust that whoever inherits it must spend endless hours listening (not watching) repeat episodes of The Twilight Zone and the Alfred Hitchcock Hour in the wee hours of the morning while working on this coin with highly breakable wood toothpicks and cotton swaps, or they will be summarily disinherited.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really, though, it is quite interesting, from a numismatic perspective. I believe this coin to be a fouree core, with traces of silvering. It was very encrusted, and as you can see much of the deposits are still present. However, certain details on the obverse are of note. On Athena's cheek, near her ear and lower hair line, there seems to be a curvey line from right to left, and below appears (not terribly clearly) a figure, facing forward, left are raised, right arm lowered.</p><p><br /></p><p>12.6 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124207[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is an imitation from Arabia, I believe. It came to me by way of Forum Ancient Coin Shop, and while it would not win any beauty contests, it is quite remarkable for this type. The style of portrait seems very similar to other examples that I've seen for Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the coin's description from Forum:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"From Mesopotamia, across the Levante and Arabia, to Egypt, Persian satraps, Egyptian pharaohs, and local rulers struck imitative Athenian type tetradrachms. Some were struck with styles much different from the Athenian originals. Some included monograms or inscriptions in Aramaic or other local scripts. The style of this coin is unusual enough that it undoubtedly an imitative. An old surface find brought over with the family when they immigrated to the United States from Jordan.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>SH94516. Silver tetradrachm, Syrian Hoard pl. 6, 103 ff.; cf. SNG Cop 40; Svoronos Athens pl. 17, 18; HGC 4 1597, VF, high relief, tight flan, dark patina on all but the highest part of the obverse, unusual style, unofficial mint, weight 13.982g, maximum diameter 24.6mm, die axis 270o, c. 450 - 350 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right, almond shaped eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and floral scroll, wire necklace, round earring, hair in parallel curves into ear; reverse owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, AΘE downward on right, all within incuse square; from the Ray Nouri Collection."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>It's really nice to have a provenance like this one. The weight, as with many imitative tetradrachms from this region, seems to be in the shekel weight range, rather than Attic.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124209[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I need to consolidate all of the owls, in this "house of owls" (and lots of other stuff), organize them and photograph them. I hope to do this and present you with a thread or two on them in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4541338, member: 110226"]As Monty Python said often, "And now for something completely different...." Here are two more off-beat tetradrachms, one which many of you have seen before, but has been "worked on" (toothpicks and cotton swaps) and re-photographed with, I believe, better results, although there is still considerable room for improvement. The second coin is a fairly recent acquisition from Forum. The first coin is turning out to be an almost eternal work in progress. At some point soon I'll call working on this coin quits, and stipulate in my living trust that whoever inherits it must spend endless hours listening (not watching) repeat episodes of The Twilight Zone and the Alfred Hitchcock Hour in the wee hours of the morning while working on this coin with highly breakable wood toothpicks and cotton swaps, or they will be summarily disinherited. Really, though, it is quite interesting, from a numismatic perspective. I believe this coin to be a fouree core, with traces of silvering. It was very encrusted, and as you can see much of the deposits are still present. However, certain details on the obverse are of note. On Athena's cheek, near her ear and lower hair line, there seems to be a curvey line from right to left, and below appears (not terribly clearly) a figure, facing forward, left are raised, right arm lowered. 12.6 grams [ATTACH=full]1124207[/ATTACH] The second coin is an imitation from Arabia, I believe. It came to me by way of Forum Ancient Coin Shop, and while it would not win any beauty contests, it is quite remarkable for this type. The style of portrait seems very similar to other examples that I've seen for Arabia. Here is the coin's description from Forum: [I]"From Mesopotamia, across the Levante and Arabia, to Egypt, Persian satraps, Egyptian pharaohs, and local rulers struck imitative Athenian type tetradrachms. Some were struck with styles much different from the Athenian originals. Some included monograms or inscriptions in Aramaic or other local scripts. The style of this coin is unusual enough that it undoubtedly an imitative. An old surface find brought over with the family when they immigrated to the United States from Jordan. SH94516. Silver tetradrachm, Syrian Hoard pl. 6, 103 ff.; cf. SNG Cop 40; Svoronos Athens pl. 17, 18; HGC 4 1597, VF, high relief, tight flan, dark patina on all but the highest part of the obverse, unusual style, unofficial mint, weight 13.982g, maximum diameter 24.6mm, die axis 270o, c. 450 - 350 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right, almond shaped eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and floral scroll, wire necklace, round earring, hair in parallel curves into ear; reverse owl standing right, head facing, erect in posture, olive sprig and crescent left, AΘE downward on right, all within incuse square; from the Ray Nouri Collection." [/I] It's really nice to have a provenance like this one. The weight, as with many imitative tetradrachms from this region, seems to be in the shekel weight range, rather than Attic. [ATTACH=full]1124209[/ATTACH] I need to consolidate all of the owls, in this "house of owls" (and lots of other stuff), organize them and photograph them. I hope to do this and present you with a thread or two on them in the future.[/QUOTE]
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